You can totally see the classic style used here, very good attention to detail! I haven’t really gotten around to naming my dudes/dudettes in this game. It’s what I’d imagine a love child between UO and an original X-Com game would look like. It’s got a more traditional look that helps me feel more comfortable with the setting and makes the transition between games a little easier to get the hang of. Xenonauts seems to rely more on the almost 2D isometric point of view than does Enemy Unknown. Xenonauts is a calmer looking game, but that’s not a bad thing. T, and Urgen Tree (that’s in memory of a bud that just left Washington, “Hey Mileson!”) From left to right you’ve got Pain Train, The Lopez, Mr. Aliens, personnel, and environments are all visually stunning.Īll my homies from my first play through. It’s not to a detriment at all, but if you were coming from the original X-Com’s to this it would be like Doom to Doom 3. Abrams lens flare Star Trek to Robert Wise’s original Star Trek: The Motion Picture. It’s obviously more graphically intensive and holds up well to today’s AAA titles.

How do they compare? Let’s take a look.Įnemy Unknown has the most drastic changes visually of the two. Xenonauts, seeing nothing horribly wrong with the original formula, strives to recreate all the aspects of the original X-Com and just make it better. Enemy Unknown strives to create a familiar setting with a new shiny coating of paint as well as tweaking some of the older game to make it a bit more streamlined for a more current feeling. X-Com: Enemy Unknown and Xenonauts are trying to rekindle a fire that was lit back in the day by the original X-Com series.

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